FEMADR-4501-GAMajor disasterDeclared March 29, 2020
DR-4501-GA: Georgia Covid-19 Pandemic
FEMA made a major disaster declaration for Georgia (DR-4501-GA) on March 29, 2020 for the incident of January 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023; it covers 160 designated areas. FEMA had approved $131.8 million for 19,169 households through the Individuals and Households Program (as of October 1, 2026) and obligated $1.2 billion in Public Assistance (as of September 3, 2026).
The declaration
- Declaration
- DR-4501-GA (also written FEMA-4501-DR)
- Type
- Major disaster declaration
- State
- Georgia
- Incident
- Biological: Covid-19 Pandemic
- Incident period
- January 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
- Declared
- March 29, 2020
- Programs declared
- Individuals and Households, Public Assistance, Hazard Mitigation
- FEMA region
- 4
- Place in the year
- the only major disaster declaration for Georgia in 2020
- Status
- open (not yet closed out by FEMA)
- Registration deadline (individual help)
- September 30, 2025
Source: FEMA, OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries (v2). Data as of September 29, 2026.
Which areas are covered, and for what?
| Designated area | Individuals and Households | Public Assistance | Hazard Mitigation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Appling (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Atkinson (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Bacon (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Baker (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Baldwin (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Banks (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Barrow (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Bartow (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Ben Hill (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Berrien (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Bibb (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Bleckley (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Brantley (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Brooks (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Bryan (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Bulloch (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Burke (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Butts (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Calhoun (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Camden (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Candler (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Carroll (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Catoosa (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Charlton (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Chatham (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Chattahoochee (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Chattooga (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Cherokee (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Clarke (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Clay (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Clayton (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Clinch (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Cobb (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Coffee (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Colquitt (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Columbia (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Cook (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Coweta (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Crawford (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Crisp (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Dade (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Dawson (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| DeKalb (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Decatur (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Dodge (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Dooly (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Dougherty (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Douglas (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Early (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Echols (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Effingham (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Elbert (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Emanuel (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Evans (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Fannin (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Fayette (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Floyd (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Forsyth (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Franklin (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Fulton (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Georgetown - Quitman (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Gilmer (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Glascock (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Glynn (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Gordon (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Grady (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Greene (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Gwinnett (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Habersham (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Hall (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Hancock (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Haralson (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Harris (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Hart (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Heard (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Henry (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Houston (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Irwin (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Jackson (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Jasper (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Jeff Davis (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Jefferson (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Jenkins (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Johnson (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Jones (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Lamar (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Lanier (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Laurens (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Lee (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Liberty (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Lincoln (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Long (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Lowndes (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Lumpkin (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Macon (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Madison (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Marion (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| McDuffie (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| McIntosh (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Meriwether (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Miller (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Mitchell (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Monroe (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Montgomery (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Morgan (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Murray (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Muscogee (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Newton (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Oconee (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Oglethorpe (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Paulding (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Peach (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Pickens (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Pierce (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Pike (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Polk (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Pulaski (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Putnam (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Rabun (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Randolph (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Richmond (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Rockdale (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Schley (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Screven (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Seminole (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Spalding (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Stephens (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Stewart (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Sumter (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Talbot (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Taliaferro (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Tama Indian Reservation | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Tattnall (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Taylor (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Telfair (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Terrell (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Thomas (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Tift (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Toombs (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Towns (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Treutlen (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Troup (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Turner (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Twiggs (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Union (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Upson (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Walker (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Walton (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Ware (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Warren (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Washington (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Wayne (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Webster (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Wheeler (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| White (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Whitfield (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Wilcox (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Wilkes (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Wilkinson (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Worth (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
An area can be added to a declaration after the first day, or have a program added: this table is FEMA's current list.
Source: FEMA, OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries (v2). Data as of September 29, 2026.
How much has FEMA approved?
19,169households approved for help (IHP)
$131.8 millionIndividuals and Households Program approved
$131.8 millionof it for other needs
$1.2 billionPublic Assistance obligated
$16.1 millionHazard Mitigation Grant Program obligated
Individual assistance figures as of October 1, 2026, public assistance as of September 3, 2026. FEMA updates both as applications are decided.
Source: FEMA, OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries (v2); FEMA, OpenFEMA FEMA Web Disaster Summaries (v1). Data as of September 29, 2026.
Source: FEMA, OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries (v2). Data as of September 29, 2026.
FEMA's page for this declaration
FEMA's own page for this declaration is fema.gov/disaster/4501. AreaZine is not FEMA and cannot answer questions about an application. Registration for individual help closed on September 30, 2025.